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Omaha, NE

489,263 Population
143 square miles 3,421.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 36.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nebraska: 37.4 ±0.2

Economics

$40,776 ±$1,510 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: $43,842 ±$918
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $41,026 ±$641
$71,640 ±$2,145 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: $84,524 ±$2,267
  • a little less than the amount in Nebraska: $76,376 ±$1,384

14.2% ±1.7% (68,187  ±7,903) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 10.8% 106,514 (±0.9% / ±9,067)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Nebraska: 10.9% 212,793 (±0.6% / ±11,375)

20 minutes ±0.7 (4,384,330  ±187,274) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 21.5 9,703,470 (±0.5 / ±272,355)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 19.9 18,578,820 (±0.3 / ±366,712)

Families

202,635 ±2,818 Number of households
  • the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 400,079 ±3,111
  • Nebraska: 824,012 ±4,590
2.4 ±0 (478,882  ±266) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 2.5 985,429 (±0 / ±1,370)
  • about the same as the figure in Nebraska: 2.4 1,957,677

6.2% ±1.3% (7,458  ±1,519) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 5.6% † 13,296 (±0.8% / ±1,873)
  • a little less than the rate in Nebraska: 6.4% 29,564 (±0.6% / ±2,914)

Housing

214,685 ±1,948 Number of housing units
  • the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 422,210 ±547
  • Nebraska: 880,521 ±737

$269,500 ±$5,857 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: $292,800 ±$4,747
  • about the same as the amount in Nebraska: $263,100 ±$3,117

16.2% ±1.6% (78,075  ±7,494.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 13.5% 133,233 (±1% / ±9,855.4)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 13.1% 259,949 (±0.6% / ±12,627.5)

Social

90.8% ±2.6% (291,136  ±8,564.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 93% 616,386 (±1.7% / ±11,418.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Nebraska: 92.7% 1,229,269 (±1.2% / ±15,848.6)
39.8% ±1.6% (127,682  ±5,249.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 39.1% 259,494 (±1.1% / ±7,171.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Nebraska: 35.4% 469,144 (±0.7% / ±9,682.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.6% ±1% (61,427  ±4,978) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 9.4% 93,985 (±0.7% / ±7,424)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nebraska: 9% 180,857

4.9% ±0.6% (18,001  ±2,113) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Omaha, NE-IA Metro Area: 7.3% 54,589 (±0.5% / ±3,453)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Nebraska: 6.4% 97,319 (±0.3% / ±4,909)
18,001 Total veterans ±2,113 16,498 Male ±1,864 1,503 Female ±588

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